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Man hangs self in Gurugram over non-payment of dues by former employer

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Gurugram, Mar 13 (PTI) A 43-year-old man died by allegedly hanging himself at his house here over harassment by his former employer, police said on Wednesday.

According to police, the incident occurred on Tuesday night and the body of the deceased Harjinder Singh was found on Wednesday morning.

Before taking the extreme step, Singh left a voice note addressing his wife Paramneet Kaur in which he said he was dying by suicide as his former employer R K Tuteja did not clear his salary dues, they said.

Singh, a driver, allegedly hanged himself from a grille on the stairway of the third floor of his house in Gandhi Nagar Colony here, using an electric cable, the police said.

According to a complaint filed by Kaur, the victim had been working as a van driver at a rotary blood bank for the past two weeks while a salary dispute was ongoing with his former employer, the police said.

“My husband was working with R K Tuteja as a driver but he did not pay him his salary,” Kaur said in the complaint.

Kaur said when she and her husband approached Tuteja at his office, he insulted them. He had already taken Singh’s signature on a salary register and claimed that he had paid him his dues.

“In a voice note, my husband alleged that he is committing suicide due to harassment by R K Tuteja,” she added.

Based on Kaur’s complaint, an FIR has been lodged at the Shivaji Nagar Police Station against Tuteja under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code, the police said.

The body has been handed over to the kin after postmortem and an investigation is underway, they said. PTI COR HIG RPA RPA

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